Cabinet-door mount



Sept. 9, 1930, E. v. HUGHES CABINET DOOR MOUNT Filed May 2, 1929 wwwrm WINVENTOR.

A TTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 9, 1 930 1 UNITED STATES EARL v. HUGHES, or PERU,

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This invention relates to improvements. in cabinet door mounts,particularly for radio cabinet doors that are arranged to have slidingmovement. The objectof the invention is to provide support for slidingdoors in a radio cabinet by means of which the guides for the doorsareheld firmlyin contact with the ends thereof in such manner as to obviatetrembling or vibration of the doors that occurs because of soundproduced by the radio apparatus housed in the cabinet.

Ordinarily, the sliding doors of radio cabinets, because of wear betweenthe guides and the doors positioned therein, or conditions that arisethrough climatic changes, such as shrinking, swelling, or warping of thecabi net or the doors "therefor, become loose in their mounts and tendto vibrate noisily When the radio appliance is operated, or become jammed" between their guides which hinders their opening and closingmovements.

a structure in which these tendencies are obviated.

These objects are accomplished by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which n Fig. 1 is anelevation showing a rearView of a pair of sliding doors installed in a cabinet in which theinvention is embodied, parts being in section; and n Fig. 2 is afragmentary; view projected from Fig. 1, the view being shown insection.

cabinet back of the cross-piece 3, is disposed. a loose beam 7 having ajog 8 in each end thereof, through which jogs extend correspondino pins'9 that project from the crosspiece 3, by means of which downwardmovement and end play of the beam are limited. On the lower face of thebeam 7 is secured a rail 10 that extends parallel with the rail 9 6. Apair of slats 11 are disposed vertically The objects of the presentinvention contemplate 1929. ntise um-1.

in the cabinet, adjacenteach end of thebcam their ends being securedrespectively to the top of the frame Zand the cleat" 5 atthe bottom ofthe cabinet,;between whichslats and the cross-piece 3, said beam 7 hasvertical-,- play that :is restrained; compression springslQ which areseated incorresponding cavities 13 in the beam and bear against theframe2. H y

Y ,Between" the rails ,6 and 10 are positioned agpai'r of doors 14 thatare groovedj attheir ends to receivesaid rails. ;The height of the doorsis such that when positioned between the rails, the beam, 7 is therebyelevated from the pins 9 in opposition tothe pressure of the springs 12so that the rail 10; secured" to said beam bears downwardly ripentheupper ends of the doors. Upon the inner face of the cr -pie 3 acumcpads f e nd lipontherear face of the beam 7 are secured a similarpads 16, which pads, are so disposed as "to prevent contact of the beam,7 ,with, the cross-piece and the slats between which it; is confined,wherebyrattling of thebeain is :obviated. Thespace between each crosspiece and the slatsllis greater than the thick ness of the doors,landsaid doorsare movable between the rails, longitudinally with respect tothe latter without having co ntactj with said cross-pieces orslatsflCE-he doors are supporteolsolely by the rails 6 and 10 betweenwhich they have sliding movement in a common plane toward and from eachother, and are held yieldingly therebetween through action of thesprings 12 which bear downwardly upon the beam. In this manner the doorsare held in position under constant pressure applied endwise theretowhereby vibrations thereof are eliminated or absorbed. p In operatingthe invention the doors are opened or closed by sliding them apart ortoward each other while held between the rails, to the desiredpositions, where they are held frictionally owing to the downwardpressure of the springs upon the beam. Endwise movement of the beamduring the sliding action'of the doors is prevented by the pins 9 thatextend into the jogs of the beam. The doors may be. easily removed fromtheir mount by first sliding them singly into the :lofl

space between the slats 11 and applying upward pressure so as to elevatethe beam 7 sufliciently topermit removal of the door from between therails. The beam 7, after removal of the doors, is retained in its placeby the pins so that removal of the doors is not accompanied bydislodgement of the beam and its springs.

WVhat I claim is 1. In a door mounting for a cabinet, a horizontalcross-piece in the cabinet, slidable doors in the cabinet each arrangedin the same plane, a horizontal guide rail fixed in the cabinet havingmeans engaging one of the ends of each of the doors, a horizontal beamin the cabinet common to each of the doors and having means engaging theopposite end of each of the doors, means to mount the beam for bodilyvertical movement, spring-means for resiliently holding the beam engagedwith each of the doors in all positions thereof, a vertical fixed slatfor each door in the cabinet, pads secured to the rear side of the beamand slidably engaged with the respective slats, and pads secured to therear face of said cross-piece and slidably engaged With the front sideof the beam.

2. In a door mounting for a cabinet, slidable doors each arranged in thesame plane in the cabinet, a horizontalguide rail fixed in the cabinethaving means engaging one of the ends of each of the doors, a horizontalbeam engaging the opposite end of each of the doors, means to mount thebeam for bodily vertical movement, spring means for resilient- 1yholding the beam engaged With each of the doors in all positionsthereof, independent supports on opposite sides of the beam to guidesame in its said vertical movements, and pads at the front and at therear of the beam between same and each of said inclependent supports toabsorb lateral vibrations of the beam.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EARL V.

